'We create something new on something old'

This year, every big artist is going back to essential Israeli sounds.

Eyal Golan.
(photo credit:Hadad Eliran)

The headline sound familiar? If you read our cover story, you’ll
recognize that this is The Young Professionals’ tagline. Interestingly, this
slogan also perfectly encapsulates what has been popular this year in the world
of Israeli music. It seems like every big album this year, whether from a
megastar or an emerging artist, is going back to essential Israeli
sounds.According to Nadav Menuhin, editor and music writer for Walla!
News, even the big name Israeli artists have more classic touches this year.
Interestingly Mizrahi singer Eyal Golan, perhaps the current king of Israeli
pop, went against the typical, loud, emotional sounds of Mizrahi pop in recent
years. Instead, his new album Nagat li Balev (You touched my heart) takes from
older Middle Eastern pop music, with gentler, quieter songs. Menuhin believes
“he came back to his origins.” Additionally, Menuhin claims that Golan’s most
recent album was, “smarter, better produced, and had better lyrics” than before,
and hopes this will be the beginning of a new trend in Mizrahi pop
music.